Most often when we have to make life-altering decisions or answer crucial questions that may impact many lives or the bottom line significantly, we tend to look outside of ourselves for = answers. We may go on a fact-finding mission, research by interrogating subordinates, friends, family, and co-workers or search the internet. What we fail to[…]
Unconscious bias is an aspect of our behaviour and thinking which may prompt us to behave a certain way with some individuals. We’re usually unaware of our unconscious bias to people of some races or to the opposite gender which may be deemed discriminatory. This unconscious behaviour is triggered by our brain which makes quick[…]
In my journey of working with people and organisations in developing leadership skills, I see three gaping areas that need a lot of work in developing women leadership in India. Let’s explore these three areas and the nuances behind them. 1. Individual contributors ready for people manager roles There is a false sense of control[…]
To understand a high performance culture, let’s start from the basics – what is an organisation’s culture? American research and advisory firm Gartner defines it as “A physical or virtual environment designed to make workers as effective as possible in supporting business goals and providing value.” Organisational culture can, hence, be defined as the learned[…]
Have you ever been in a room where when a person walks in, all eyes are drawn to him/ her? They carry within them an air of leadership, authority and/or charisma. When they start talking, you know immediately that this person is in charge. What is it that makes you feel this way? Is it[…]
I am fortunate to get a glimpse into many different types of organisations through facilitating leadership development workshops, consulting or 1-1 coaching. The organisations vary in size a startup with few people to large companies with thousands of employees, for example, large conglomerate multinationals to family-owned businesses to not for profits and small companies. The[…]
“Life is a blur when one is essaying different roles; it is so fulfilling.” – Amitabh Bachchan One challenge that often comes up for people managers in leadership development interactions is role ambiguity or confusion with respect to the scope of their responsibilities in their jobs. A person experiences role clarity in their job when[…]
Let me start with a story you may have heard about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about this,[…]
The defining traits of a successful leader used to be a high performance on execution, strategic and business acumen and becoming successful P&L owner working towards increasing the bottom line. Then there was a realization that leaders also need to be emotionally intelligent, self-aware, build healthy innovative teams through trust and conflict management to achieve[…]
Organisations these days are realising new problems with functional units working independently and without co-dependency. That it leads to isolation amongst leaders of each functional area. While this problem has long existed, the challenge is becoming more acute. There are several reasons why it is costing companies when there is lack of cross-collaboration across functions.[…]